Taiwan's basketball club Taoyuan Puyuan Pilot Ape will travel to Studio City Macau from March 7 to 9 to play in the quarterfinals of the 2025 East Asian Super League, where they will compete with Japan's B.LEAGUE powerhouse Ryukyu Golden Kings, 2023-24 B.LEAGUE champion Hiroshima Dragonfly and last season's P.LEAGUE+ champion New Taipei Kings for the championship gold cup and million-dollar championship prize.

The pilot ape broke into the top 4 of the Eastern Super League

The Finals of the 4 will be played on March 7 at 9 p.m. in the group stage of the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the two teams that play team basketball will face off against Ryuichi Kishimoto, a star Okinawan born star guard who was voted the Most Valuable Player of the B.League 2022-23 Championship.

Ryuichi Kishimoto is not only the main point guard of the Ryukyus, but also an important spiritual leader of the team, this season in the face of the Kings on December 25, with 6 three-pointers to score 20 points to repel the New Taipei Kings, the experienced Ryuichi Kishimoto, and the MVP of the year Lu Junxiang's star showdown will become a scene that everyone is looking forward to, and the confrontation between the main guard of the leading ape Bai Yaocheng and Ryuichi Kishimoto will also become a highlight.

The Golden Kings' penalty area Twin Towers Yang pairs Cooley with naturalized player Kirk's thick body and footsteps, which is bound to bring a big challenge to the pilot ape; Brown, Grahan and Ryukyu strikers swing Rau and Aruma scored each other, which was also the key to the game. In the case that only two foreign generals can be registered in the Eastern Super League system, how the coaching staff of the two teams will arrange the lineup to fight, and the wits on the field are even more exciting.

The top 4 winners will advance to the championship on March 9, and the losers will enter the third-place match, where the pilot ape will face the king or the Hiroshima dragonfly, and if they face the king, they will become the "No. 1 in Taiwan, China" top matchup that Chinese Taiwan fans are looking forward to, whether it is a topic or a victory or defeat, it will inevitably trigger a fierce battle in Macau; Facing the Hiroshima Dragonfly, there is a chance to avenge the group stage, and the pilot ape has lost two consecutive defeats against the Dragonfly before, and whether it can successfully win will also be one of the highlights.

In the last game of the group stage against Hong Kong Eastern, the last game of the group stage against Hong Kong Oriental was a key promotion match, relying on the efforts of the fans to shout and win the victory, looking forward to continuing the home momentum in Macau and becoming the strongest backing for the players.

After the end of the top 4 of the Eastern Super League, at the end of March, the leading ape will continue to compete in the Basketball Champions League Asia-East (abbreviation: BCL Asia-East) to compete with teams from Malaysia, Indonesia and Mongolia for BCL Asia tickets.